Saturday, March 30, 2013

Last week, we heard the news that Google Reader was going to be deleted in July. Now we hear that Hellocotton - a social media site for female bloggers of all kinds, will be next to be shut down. I found some of my favourite blogs on Hellocotton and will be sad to see it go. It was a great idea and such a fab resource to find amazing bloggers all over the world.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Many popular sites, like Facebook for example, are starting to use a scrollable or sticky navigation bar. This is a menu navigation bar that is under/above your header and once you scroll and the top of the window "hits" the navigation bar, the navigation bar will "stick" to it and scroll down the content of the page. I have one planned for the update to this site. It means that the user/reader, doesn't have to scroll back to the top of the page to choose a different page or topic. Here's how to do it on Blogger.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

It seems like everyone has jumped on the new look for Spring band wagon. Pinterest is next up introducing a new design along with the long awaited analytics. The new analytics feature lets you track user engagement similar to Google Analytics. Users can now see most re-pinned and clicked images as well as other interesting data like impressions, reach and referral traffic. To switch to the new look, you either need to have a business account or have a URL attached to your account, then hover over your profile image and click switch to new look. You can switch back if you prefer the old look!

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Google+ has rolled out some new features and a new look, announced on the Google+ blog yesterday that users will gradually see some new features on the site over the next couple of weeks. Once new change is the new local review tab, as well as a larger cover photo (2120 x 1192 pixels) and some other changes to the about you section. Personally, I think the cover photo is too big (I've cut the top of in the photo above - check out what I mean on my Google+ page) but what do you think?

Facebook also has a redesign in motion, which is expected to include multiple new feeds based on categories such as Instagram photos, listening to, news and artist updates. With more areas to scroll through, users will more than likely spend longer on the site. Mashable has reported a new look for Facebook has already launched in New Zealand, which includes a new toolbar below the cover photo and a new about me widget beneath the cover photo. Facebook is holding a press event today so we will soon hear more about these updates, Check out my Facebook for updates as well as photos and videos. For more screenshots of the new design visit Mashable.Follow me on Facebook, I've been updating much more recently!

Update (6:30pm)

Facebook unveils new design during press event which is currently taking place, showing that the news feed will evolve and focus will be placed on bigger clearer images, music streams and multiple news feeds. Join in as Mashable give live updates! Videos and photos can be found on my Facebook page.

Youtube introduce one channel, a new design allowing users to have a bigger header and a trailer video for people who aren't subscribed to their channel. It also lets users organise and display their videos better and have control over what content subscribers see. To read more and upgrade your channel visit YouTube One Channel.